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- 01Apr 4, 202613 min readRevised Apr 4, 2026Legal-political analysisSubstantive research essayUmar Khalid: Activism, UAPA Prosecution, and the Politics of Trial by Jail in IndiaA legal-political analysis of Umar Khalid's UAPA prosecution, repeated bail denials, and what the case reveals about dissent, minority vulnerability, and pretrial punishment in India.IndiaUAPACivil LibertiesDissentMinority RightsState Power
- 02Mar 30, 202613 min readRevised Apr 4, 2026Historical research essaySubstantive research essayIndia as a Patchwork of Polities Before Modern UnificationA long-form essay on layered sovereignty in South Asia, showing how courts, chiefs, estates, and treaty-bound states governed as semi-autonomous units before modern constitutional unification.IndiaHistoryPolitical StructurePrincely States
- 03Mar 25, 202613 min readLegal and political analysisPublished essayKunal Kamra and the Shrinking Space for Dissent in IndiaA long-form legal and political essay on Kunal Kamra’s public career, the escalation from threats to formal state action, and what his cases reveal about speech, power, and institutional pressure in India.IndiaDissentFree SpeechPublic Law
- 04Mar 25, 202611 min readLegal and political analysisPublished essayThe Sonam Wangchuk Case and the Shrinking Space for Dissent in IndiaA sharp legal-political essay on protest, preventive detention, and what the Sonam Wangchuk case reveals about the Indian state and the narrowing space for dissent.IndiaDissentProtestPublic Law
- 05Mar 24, 20269 min readLegal and political analysisPublished essayAcquitted After Years, Still Denied Justice: Wrongful Imprisonment in IndiaA sharper, simpler argument about wrongful imprisonment in India, the anti-terror cases that consume decades, and the cruelty of release without compensation.IndiaCriminal JusticeWrongful ImprisonmentPublic Law
- 06Mar 24, 202611 min readLegal and political analysisPublished essayIndia’s Sanitation Regime Is Caste Made VisibleA political essay on manual scavenging, hazardous sewer labour, and the constitutional hypocrisy of caste in modern India.IndiaCasteLabourPublic Law
- 07Mar 24, 202611 min readLegal and political analysisPublished essayWhy Partition Talk Exposes the Failure of the Indian SystemA sharper, simpler political essay on what Sikh-Muslim-Hindu partition debates reveal about the Indian Constitution, centralization, and the limits of Indian pluralism.IndiaConstitutional LawPolitical StructurePartition
- 08Mar 22, 202617 min readRevised Apr 4, 2026Legal research reportEvidence baseWrongful Imprisonment Without Compensation in India: An Evidence Base and Reform BlueprintA structured review of long-incarceration acquittal and discharge cases in India, with emphasis on compensation gaps, recurring investigative failures, and institutional reform.IndiaCriminal JusticeWrongful ImprisonmentPublic Law
- 09Mar 21, 202613 min readLegal and political analysisPublished essayPartitioning Along Sikh, Muslim, and Hindu LinesA constitutional, historical, and comparative analysis of partition proposals framed around Sikh, Muslim, and Hindu lines in India.IndiaConstitutional LawPolitical StructurePartition
- 10Jan 11, 20264 min readTechnical explainerPublished essayBayesian vs. Frequentist: Two Ways of Thinking About UncertaintyTwo dominant frameworks of statistical inference—Frequentist and Bayesian—start from the same data but differ in what probability means and how uncertainty is quantified.Bayesian MethodsFrequentist MethodsStatisticsInference
- 11Jan 11, 20269 min readTechnical research essayPublished essayFIA and MYGA: General Account Economics, Crediting Design, and Actuarial Risk ManagementA technical deep-dive into fixed indexed annuities (FIAs) and multi-year guaranteed annuities (MYGAs): crediting mechanics, option budgets, hedging/ALM interactions, behavioral risk, and the reserve/capital constraints that determine what designs are actually feasible.Actuarial ScienceInsuranceRisk ManagementAnnuities